Zhang Zhigang is indeed very influential, and he has deep connections, and he publicized the promotion meeting very well in the early stage, which attracted wide attention in the circle, and the promotion meeting was full of guests on the day.

The promotion meeting was held in a five-star hotel, in the form of an auction, and all of Xu Xiqiang's works were displayed on the stage.

Zhang Zhigang stood on the stage, watching the crowd of people in the audience, and felt very satisfied: "Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you here today to introduce you to a great painter - Xu Xiqiang, I believe that everyone may not have heard of this name, but this is not the point. The point is that this painter is very remarkable......" Zhang Zhigang said, showing a piece of Xu Xiqiang's work: "You can see this method, the line and the clever use of light and shadow, I believe that many people who have received many years of art education cannot reach this state." ”

Lao Shan originally wanted to seriously manage the pen name "Xu Xiqiang", so he also took out the highest level of painting, and in the end, "Xu Xiqiang" failed to become popular, not because of Lao Shan's level, but because no one praised him.

This also means that, from the perspective of painting alone, these works of "Xu Xiqiang" are indeed superb, and they have been unanimously recognized by the audience, who constantly nods their heads in appreciation.

Zhang Zhigang was encouraged, and said in a more high-pitched tone: "Can you imagine that this Mr. Xu Xiqiang is just a local farmer in Guangsha, who has not even finished primary school, let alone received any systematic art education. At that time, many painters lived in the Painters' Village, sowing the seeds of art in Xu Xiqiang's heart, and this seed further took root and sprouted and bore fruitful fruits. In other words, Mr. Xu Xiqiang is completely self-taught, is it hard to imagine that he was influenced by Van Gogh's post-impressionism, combined with his own perceptions, and added expressionist techniques, and his style is his own. How many famous painters are still difficult to reach such a state, and Mr. Xu Xiqiang is just a farmer. It is hard for us to imagine that such a great work could have been born in the middle of a dilapidated farmhouse. Mr. Xu Xiqiang has been obsessed with painting all his life, and there is nothing else in life except painting, leaving many great works for us today. It is very regrettable that just a few years ago, Mr. Xu Xiqiang passed away untimely and has unfortunately left us......"

Zhang Zhigang's words came out, and the scene exploded with a "boom".

There are painters every year, and a large number of cutting-edge painters emerge every year, but in fact, they are all packaged and hyped, claiming to have no future. However, as long as the painter is alive, he can theoretically paint indefinitely, and it is difficult for the work to sell for too high a price.

Valuable things must be scarce, and a painter who has died can no longer appear in any works, that is to say, these works on the stage have unlimited room for appreciation.

Everyone present understood the reason, and someone immediately asked, "How did you discover the painter Xu Xiqiang?"

"The reason is that a customer happened to see a pair of Xu Xiqiang's works, and immediately bought them for millions, and looked for other works everywhere......" Speaking of this, Zhang Zhigang smiled: "After Xu Xiqiang's death, his family lived a very embarrassing life, because they needed money to repair the house, they sold several of Xu Xiqiang's works privately, and after several transfers, all of them were pocketed at a high price. I think everyone has realized that some people have long discovered the value of Xu Xiqiang's works, but I am very fortunate that in the end, I found Xu Xiqiang's family and bought all the works of Mr. Xu Xiqiang during his lifetime. ”

The people present nodded again, since some people have already bought it at a high price, it shows that Xu Xiqiang's works can indeed appreciate in value.

"The main purpose of my promotion meeting today is to introduce this great painter to you. We can't let a person with such artistic talent be drowned in history like this......" After a pause, Zhang Zhigang said with great emotion: "I hope you will join me in paying tribute to this great artist, who still insisted on artistic creation until the last moment of his life." ”

With Zhang Zhigang's words, the auction house staff turned on the slide lantern and projected a photo, and this photo was the one that Li Guozhong photoshopped.

Zhang Zhigang shook his head regretfully: "This is Mr. Xu Xiqiang's only posthumous photo." ”

At this time, a small voice came from the venue: "What's going on?"

Someone took a look at it and said in surprise: "The painter is resurrected?"

Zhang Zhigang looked over and was dumbfounded.

In the middle of the meeting stood a man, dressed very modestly, looking like a peasant. But this is still secondary, the important thing is that this person's appearance and clothing are exactly the same as the "Xu Xiqiang" in the photo.

Immediately, someone exclaimed: "This is really a big change!"

Zhang Zhigang stumbled and asked: "...... you Who are you?"

This person was at a loss: "I am selling local eggs in the countryside." ”

"Selling native eggs in the countryside?" Zhang Zhigang was even more surprised: "How did you get here? Who asked you to come?"

"Someone sent me an invitation and asked me to come over, saying that someone here wants to buy local eggs......" The young man pointed to his photo: "What's going on, why do you put my photo." ”

Zhang Zhigang's face was flushed: "Why do you say this is your photo?"

"This is originally my photo ......" This young man took out a lot of business cards and sent them to the people at the venue one by one: "Rural green ecological organic eggs, if you need it, please contact me, free delivery to your door in Guangsha City." ”

The business card issued by this young man has his photo on it, and it is clear at a glance when compared with the photo on the stage.

Someone smiled coldly and said to Zhang Zhigang: "Okay, don't fool, everyone knows what's going on." ”

Immediately, the people at the venue stood up and left, leaving Zhang Zhigang there alone.

The young man who sold local eggs handed out business cards, nodded at Zhang Zhigang, and left.

Zhang Zhigang was not stupid, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly understood what was going on: "...... Fooled ......"

People who can still think normally can see that the whole thing is a situation at all. There is no genius young man named Xu Xiqiang in the world, and someone deliberately created such a "Xu Xiqiang", which made Zhang Zhigang think that this person is very artistically talented, and his works can appreciate infinitely in the future.

As for this rural egg boy, why did he appear at the venue because Ren Xia sent an invitation.

Ren Xia wanted to publicly expose this scam at the venue, so that Zhang Zhigang was powerless.

Zhang Zhigang was gorgeously fooled, sat on the ground, and was completely dumbfounded.

90 million, emptied all of Zhang Zhigang's savings, and also saddled heavy debts.

What's worse is that although this is a scam, Zhang Zhigang has no way to prove it at all, because there is nothing wrong with the whole process. These paintings are not imitations of masterpieces, they are not worth much in the first place, and there is no fraud in the transaction process. Zhang Zhigang himself had to spend so much money to buy it, and he was consciously and voluntarily, not coerced. In other words, it is impossible for Zhang Zhigang to complete the transaction and recover his losses through judicial channels.

This is not the end, the people here today are all well-known people in the Guangsha art circle, Zhang Zhigang openly deceived these people, and don't expect to get mixed in this circle in the future.